The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
TIE GROWTH OF TIE SOUTH.
A MOST ENCOURAGING EXHIBIT OF
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

INDUSTRIAL PROGkESS.
What Has Been Done in tho Southern
States in Three Months--Some Statistics
That Show No Sign of Palsy.
The Chattanooga Tradesman, at Chat
tanooga, has compiled by States report
of the leading new industries and rail-
road companies organized and projected
during the three months ending June
30. The miscellaneous industries re-
ported in each State consist partly of
land improvement and development
companies.
ALABAMA.
Agricultural implement factories 3,
brick works 81, broweries 2, car works 5,
cigar and tobacco factories 4, cement
works 2, cotton mills 10, congresses 4,
car wheel works |, engine works B, cleo
trio light works 5, elevators 5, furnaces
10, foundries and machine shops II,
flour mills 3, fertilizer factory /, grist
mills l, ice factories 6, locomotive works
|, mines and quarrics 10, natural gas,
oil and asphalt II, oil mills /, pipe
works 2, rolling mills s, railroads 13,
steel plants 2, street railways 10, shoe
factories |, water works 6, wood working
establishments AZ, miscellaneous 40.
FLORIDA.
| Brick and tile works l, cigar factories
|, cotton factories 2, congresses l, cleo
trio light works 4, fertilizer factories 2,
Hour mills mines and quarries 4, rail-
roads Ii, rice mills l, saw mills II, street
railways :, water works 4, miscellane-
Gus 7.
Agricultural Implement works 6, brick
works IL, bridge works !, car shops 2,
congresses &, cotton and woollen mills
II, electric light works 4, foundries and
| machine shops 4, furnaces 4, fertilizer
works 6, flour mills ], gas works 5, grist
mills /, ice factories 2, lime and cement
works 5, mines and quarries %, oil mills.
D, railroads 9, rolling mills l, street rail-
ways 10, water works Z, wood works Al,
miscellaneous 3D.
TENNESSEE.
Agricultural implement works 2, brick
works II, cigar and tobacco factories 2,
cotton and woollep mills 3, electric light
works 5, foundrics and machine shops
II, furnaces I, flour mills 6, gas works
D, grlst mills 2, ice factories 6, lime and
cement works ], mines and quarries 33,
natural gas and oil companies II, oil
mills :, railroads II, rolling mills l, steel
works |, street railways 10, smelters 2,
wire works 4, water works 8, wood works
~, miscellaneous 35.
NORTH CAROLINA.
! Brick works ), cotton factories 6,
cigar and tobacco factories 13, electric
light works 2, fertilizer works 2, flour
mills 5, grist mills 7, ice factories 4,
mines II, oil mills B, railroads 4, street
railways 3, water works l, wood works
-, miscellaneous 8.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
! Brick works 3, cotton mills ID, electric
light works fertilizer works J, flour
mills |, gas works /, mines 5, oil mills
|, rice mills |, railroads 2, stamp mills
!, tobacco factories |, water works 4,
wood works 8, miscellaneous 5.
VIRGINIA.
Agricultural Implement factories +.
| brick works l, brikge works l cigar and
tobacco factories B, congresses J. cotton
and woollen mills 4, distillcries |, cleo
trio light works 5, flour mills g. furnaces
Ii, foundries and machine works |, gas
works 4, mines and quarries SO, natural
gas and oil companies 2, pottories l.
railroads lG, rolling mills ?, steel works
! :, street railways Z, water works 7, wood
working establishments 8, miscellaneous
80.
ARKANSAS.
Brick works 2, car shops 8, cotton
! factories f. congresses 4, distilleries /,
foundrios and machine shops 5, flour
mills Z, furnaces 2, gas works l, grist
mills /, ice factories B, limo and cement
works l, mines and quarries 81, oil mills
3, railroads 20, rolling mills l, stamp
mills and smelter 10, street railways 5,
water works /, wood working establish
mcnts 20, miscellaneous l6.
| KENTUCKY.
Brick yards 2, car shops |, cigar and
tobacco factories 4, distilleries 3, electric
light works |, flour mills 8, foundries.
and machine shops 3, gas works l, mines
and quarries II, natural gas and oil
companies u, oil mills 3, railroads 4,
street railways 81, water works |, wire
works |, woollen and cotton mills 2,
wood working establishments 30, miscel-
laneous 20.
LOUISIANA.
Cotton mills /, congresses 4, distille-
ries 3, engine works 2, flour and grist
mills |, foundries and machine shops 2,
furnaces |, ice factories 2, mines and
quarries 6, natural gas and petroleum 2,
oil mills 3, rice mills s. railroads 4, sugar
mills 4, street railways |, wood working.
establishments 10, cel'aneous 8.
TEXAS.
Cotton and woollen mills 10, car wheel
works |, congresses l, car shops |, cleo
trio Light works IA, engine works /,
ioundries ana machine shops u, flour
mills Is, gas works 3, grist mills l, ice
factories z, locomotive works /. mines
and quarries 20, natural gas and oil
companies 4, oil mills 5, railroads Is,
street railways 6, smelters 2, water works
ii, wire works l wood working estab-
lishments Is, miscellaneous %.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Brick works l, car shops l, cotton and
woollen mills l, distilleries /, foundries
and machine shops 3, flour mills 2,
mines and uunrrios J3 nofuraI oil ond